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diff --git a/doc/walkthrough/adding_a_remote.mdwn b/doc/walkthrough/adding_a_remote.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..be8e8e7fe --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/walkthrough/adding_a_remote.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Like any other git repository, git-annex repositories have remotes. +Let's start by adding a USB drive as a remote. + + # sudo mount /media/usb + # cd /media/usb + # git clone ~/annex + # cd annex + # git annex init "portable USB drive" + # git remote add laptop ~/annex + # cd ~/annex + # git remote add usbdrive /media/usb + +This is all standard ad-hoc distributed git repository setup. +The only git-annex specific part is telling it the name +of the new repository created on the USB drive. + +Notice that both repos are set up as remotes of one another. This lets +either get annexed files from the other. You'll want to do that even +if you are using git in a more centralized fashion. |